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“In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven meets His children with great love and speaks with them.”
(Dei Verbum 21).
Come into the Word with me as I reflect on Scripture and suggest ways to read and study and make it part of our lives. I blog several times a month about Scripture and practical topics related to Bible reading and study, prayer and lectio divina, and Christian life and discipleship. Entries appear below in the order they were posted, with the most recent first. Scroll down for a list of categories: each link will take you to a page devoted to posts of a particular type.
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The Psalms are unique in the Bible because on one hand, they are prayers of people pouring out their hearts to God; but at the same time, they are the words of God. When we pray with them, our thirst for him meets his thirst for us. The psalms reveal HIS heart while they bare OUR hearts. They connect with ...
How about adding something to your Lenten diet this year, in place of the things you abstain from? I'm not talking about adding food. As Jesus famously said, we don't live just on bread, but on "every word" that comes from God (see Matthew 4:4). Lent is a great time to see the truth of that, by making it intentional ...
Israel was between a rock and a hard place. Literally. There they were, camped on the plains of Moab. With solid cliffs behind them and the River Jordan and Jericho ahead, barring their way into Canaan. They were also caught between the “rock” of their sin and the hard job of conquering the land God has promised them. God had ...
"Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man…I tell you again: for your sake, God became man.” —Saint Augustine As we move into Christmas, I wish for you the peace and joy that only Jesus brings. Whether you are prepared or not; whether you are well or not; whether you can afford gifts or not; whether you can be with ...
Having recently lost someone dear to me has shifted my focus to beyond the grave, where I imagine him filled with the peace and joy he longed for. It increases my own longing for heaven, too, although I hope to stick around for a good long time! Thankfully we don’t have to wait for eternity, to be with the Lord ...
Thanksgiving Day rolls around regardless of events, and some years it’s easier to get in the spirit than others. This is one of the hard ones. Mark died just four weeks ago, and there’s been barely time to grieve. I am prepared to give thanks for his life; for 35 years of marriage and all that came from them; for ...
